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Yum: Checking for updates.

Here’s a quick script you can put in your cron rotation to check and see if there are any updates available and what they are: #!/bin/bash yum_output=/tmp/yum-check-update-output.txt python=/usr/bin/python1.5 yum=/usr/bin/yum $python $yum check-update > $yum_output yum_return_code=”$?” case $yum_return_code in 100) # … Continue reading

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